Closure



" R. STIRLING.

CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I4. 1920.

Patented 001;. '18, 1921 -.1,393,s47`. specificationhummm^ Patented oct. 18,1921.- ippiimion niet ny i4, isao.' aerial in. ssilm.'

VToallw/wm tima concern.' l K yis threaded. this screw passiiigithroiigh the Be it known `tlqi/atl, ROBERT' Si'iiiitnxio, a -top of the head-1 0 and servin to eilectivel citizen ofAthe United States,-residing at Easthold the head in place onr t e nipple Chicago,' in thecounty of Lake and Stateof Inoi'der that the head ma not befreadil M ndiana, have invented .certain new aiidfuse- .removed the screw -is prefy fill Improvements in Closiires, of which the -with a driver-receiving slot -in te outerv 'following isa specification. I l he present invention relates to closures whic are beveled or cutaway, ae'shownt. flor' the filling .openings of containers, and 21'in Fi '4, leavingshoulders22 that will I 10 whilefpartcularl 'designedfor autoiiiobilel rmit .t e Screw. lngfdriven"hme,but

radiators, is not necessarily limited to .that a ving no shoulders by -whichthej screw-` 5", s specifiusm .i l g v driver can be' engaged tot'iirn the screw in The object is to provide estructura that i 'rtrograde direction to, tli'uii.iieleisev the" 4 yea'. 10 l5 inlet opening-one that 'i's readily-'opened The top of the head 10 hasits front por# to permit the supply of .fluid to the contion preferably'beveledgas illlldrnted '23, tainenand a structure in which the parts 'and said portion is provided with an inlet are c inpletely housedand c'ompactly ait- 'openingl2i4fthroiigh which water can-heiml range' 1,201 An embodiment the'invention that is at ind its way through the open -14 into theI present considered the preferablel one is'npple 13. The' opening 24 15.-, pfad tube illustrated in the accompanying drawings,l `covered by-aniiiwardl l open rclosure plug wherein C 2o that 'is'loe'ated in e cham r11, and is.

^ Figure "1 is va vertical sectional 'view' pivotal'ly. mountedf as shown atl'26, on n lo through the device .with the closuieiniits swinging'arin'27. Thisjar'm ispivoted, as operative Vor closed position,` illustratedat 2,.toa collar 29 loosely mount- Fig. 2 isy a similar4 view with the yclosure yedfoii the'ii'pper-.portion of the screw stem opened, i. f l v1 and bearing .ig'aiiist `the] under side of Fig.'3 isa side elevation of the device, thetop'qfthehea The pivotal conne@` l5 so Fig. 4 is a top plan view ,y tion 28.11; 'willpbe noted; is o n the rear side Fig. 5 is a ron'tyelevation, oft e Screw .sbe'mf19yani'l the a'i'ni 27 is pro- Fig. 6 is .a 'plan .view of the anchor. elevided withfa lslot 30 through which the screwY ment, Stel!! 9 1s yieldi V e arm y Fig. 7 .is a, detail sectional view showing maintained in elevated position with the 9b the latch for holding the closure in opened 'closure plug 2 5, covering the open'n l24 by position, v i, means ofa coiled spring 31 surrouii i the Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectionalview sub- Screw stein 19belo'w the arm 27. e owe stan.tially on ,the 4I ine 8 8 of Fig. 2,) end othisspring bears uponanut 82 threada slightly modified forni of construction. spring bears against lacallar 33 'on the Y th Yvided with a bottom 12,`the'rear portion of 275 A a'tch 34 is also provided, said latch I 46 ing filling nipple 13 of the usual automobile 10 and adapted to engage with a lug 35 on radiator, said bottom having'an opening 14- one side if the arm 27, the parts havin that registers with the interior of such nipsufficient play to imt the to pass the ple 13. Arranged ondiil'erent sides ofthe latch and engage neath the 8 me, as illus' I opening 14 are depending lugs 15 adapted to trated in Fig. 7. 1 l l1 50 fit into notches or sockets 416 filed orothervIt is helie'ved that lthe operation of the wise'ciitinto the upper iiiaiginI of the nipdevice will beclear :from ai iniyetion of the ni ple 13 and is rovided with an insetv the upward pressure 'of the spring 31 inst p iie fastening screw 19 the arm 27. When it is desired `to intatduce f1 vantages apparent to thoseskilled in the art,

., l 15 without urther description, and it will be water\,or other `liquid .into a radiator, the .operator has only to press: the closure 25 downwardly and move it laterally until the 4 latch 34 engages the ylug` 35, .whereuponl the 5 closure will be maintainedin opened position, :as shown in Fig. 2. To rec ose the inlet o ning24, it is only necessary to move the c osure and arm laterally iintil'thel latch 34 is disengaged, whereupon the spring will 10 return'the said closure toits active position'.

, i Fromthe foregoing,- it is thought that theconstruction, operation andV many ad- .of the herein described invention will be understod `that various changes in the size,

, shape, .proportion 4and minor details ofcon# Y f `struction, may

be` resorted `to without departing4 from the' spirit or sacrificing Vany @2,0 ofxftheadvantagesofthe invention'.

t Having-thus fiilly described mypinvenf ,ff-tion, what Iclaimfas new,-and desire "to,

secure by Letters Patent, is v 1.Inf'- a-'stri'ic'ture "of the charaeter vset forth, the combinationwithan intake mem.l I ber having 'an'nle't' opening,'of` a yfixed stem i f ywithin the intake member,'a swinging arn'i y within-'the -memberhaving a pivotal`mount- .-ing" onthe stemgaclosure foi-the opening y 30 having a'r'carwardlyextending portionpiv- V to" the arm within.

movable' outwardly' tol closed position, fand'- a ,coiled spring v surf i f *rounding the Stein`- and hav-ing a bearing 85 'against thev swinging arm" to, move the same l and thereby'v seat the closure over the pen` forth, the combination Vwith a filling nipple '40" memberfhavin lan upper inlet""opening, of means engage A In testimony character set with'thenipple member for securing said member on a container, andv cluding a fastening stem engaged with the",y

member, and a closure for the openingy of 50 the nipple member, niovably mounted on the stem. f i

4f. In a structurev of the character set forth,\ the combination with a filling nipple' member having an'inlet opening, of a fas- 55 toning screw extending into thei nipple for securing it in place on a container, an arml ivotally mounted on the screw, a closure or the inlet opening ivoted on the arm, and a` spring mounte `within the member and movable outwardly to 'a' closed position across said openin 7'0 and ai' holding devide within the inta e member adapted to be en aged bythe clof siire element when move inwardly to its yopen position to holdf the -latter in inoperative. position, said 'closure element being 75 disengageable from the,holding\dev1ce to permitvits movement to a? seating-position across the opening; y

w ereof, I -afxf'my signa- `ture inthe presence of two witnesses.

" ROBERT STIRLING.

Witnesses: HENRY ,W. Pn'rEiisnN, Tiiiissin M. Pn'rERsEN.

onl the screw and 80 acting on the arm to movethe 'closure to 

